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2009 BC Lions season

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2009 BC Lions season
General managerWally Buono
Head coachWally Buono
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record8–10
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishLost East Final
Team MOPGeroy Simon
Team MORMartell Mallett
Uniform

The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions finished the season in fourth place in the West Division with a disappointing 8–10 record after losing their last three regular season games. While it was their first losing record since 2001, they still managed to play in the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after that same team eliminated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the last game of the season. The Lions would go on to play in the first East Final in franchise history, which they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. It was the sixth consecutive appearance for the Lions in a division final and the third consecutive season that their season was ended by the eventual Grey Cup champions.

Offseason

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CFL draft

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The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Lions traded their sixth and thirteenth overall picks for Hamilton's third overall pick in order to secure the chance to draft Bishop's running back Jamall Lee.[1]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 3 Jamall Lee RB Bishop's
1 4 James Yurichuk LB Bishop's
1 5 Matt Carter WR Acadia
3 21 Matt Morencie OL Windsor
4 29 Tang Bacheyie DB Kansas
5 37 Jonathan Pierre-Etienne DE Montreal

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
A June 17 at Calgary Stampeders 37–30 Loss 25,463 0–1
B June 23 Edmonton Eskimos 31–19 Loss 23,217 0–2
 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 10 7 1 514 484 21 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 7 1 514 443 21 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 469 502 18 Details
BC Lions 18 8 10 0 431 502 16 Details

Season schedule

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Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 July 3 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–24 Loss 30,062 0–1
2 July 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–28 Loss 26,885 0–2
3 July 16 at Edmonton Eskimos 40–22 Win 33,661 1–2
4 July 24 Calgary Stampeders 48–10 Loss 27,191 1–3
5 July 31 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–18 Loss 20,103 1–4
6 August 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 35–20 Win 30,117 2–4
7 August 14 at Toronto Argonauts 36–28 Win 24,754 3–4
8 August 21 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 37–10 Loss 27,983 3–5
9 Bye 3–5
10 Sept 4 Montreal Alouettes 19–12 Win 27,199 4–5
11 Sept 13 at Montreal Alouettes 28–24 Loss 20,202 4–6
12 Sept 19 Toronto Argonauts 23–17 Win 27,515 5–6
13 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders 27–18 Loss 36,702 5–7
14 Oct 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 19–16 Win 31,958 6–7
15 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos 34–31 Win 30,120 7–7
16 Oct 18 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–21 Win 24,048 8–7
17 Oct 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 33–30 (OT) Loss 30,945 8–8
18 Oct 31 Calgary Stampeders 28–26 Loss 27,131 8–9
19 Nov 6 Edmonton Eskimos 45–13 Loss 31,515 8–10
 #  Games played with colour uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.
 #  Games played with retro uniforms.

Roster

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2009 BC Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster


Italics indicate Import players
Roster updated 2009-10-08
Depth ChartTransactions
47 Active, 6 Inactive, 5 PR

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Coaching staff

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2009 BC Lions staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

2009 Coaching Staff
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Player stats

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Passing

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Player Att. Comp % Yards TD INT Rating
Buck Pierce 315 199 63.2% 2272 10 12 79.5
Jarious Jackson 155 90 58.1% 1252 12 8 88.4
Casey Printers 68 43 63.2% 686 3 2 99.3
Travis Lulay 36 22 61.1% 324 2 2 85.9
Zac Champion 28 8 28.6% 70 0 4 −23.2
Paul McCallum 1 0 0.0% 0 0 0 2.1

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Rushing

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Player Att. Yards Avg. TD Fumbles
Martell Mallett 214 1240 5.8 6 2
Buck Pierce 39 276 7.1 1 6
Jarious Jackson 32 143 4.5 2 5
A.J. Harris 33 141 4.3 1 0
Travis Lulay 17 133 7.8 0 0
Casey Printers 10 58 5.8 0 0
Ryan Grice-Mullen 8 42 5.3 2 3
Ian Smart 5 26 5.2 0 0

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Receiving

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Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD
Geroy Simon 79 1239 15.7 62 6
Paris Jackson 76 1042 13.7 57 8
Emmanuel Arceneaux 63 858 13.6 60 7
O'Neil Wilson 35 405 11.6 33 1
Martell Mallett 43 342 8.0 26 2
Ryan Grice-Mullen 20 210 10.5 27 1
Rufus Skillern 15 182 12.1 46 0

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Awards and records

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2009 CFL All-Stars

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Western Division All-Star selections

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Milestones

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  • Barron Miles recorded his 13th career blocked kick, on a convert attempt by Saskatchewan, on Aug 7, 2009 to become the leader in that category.
  • On Sept 19, 2009, head coach Wally Buono became the all-time most winningest coach in CFL history after a victory over the Toronto Argonauts.
  • On Nov 6, 2009, Barron Miles recorded his 66th career interception, tying Larry Highbaugh for second all time, finishing the season 21 behind Less Browne.

Playoffs

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Schedule

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Week Game Date Time Opponent Score Result Attendance
20 East Semi-Final Nov 15 10:00 AM PST at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–27 (OT) Win 27,430
21 East Final Nov 22 10:00 AM PST at Montreal Alouettes 56–18 Loss 53,792
 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Bracket

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November 15: Division Semifinals November 22: Division Finals November 29: 97th Grey Cup
McMahon Stadium – Calgary
         
W4 BC Lions 18
East
E1 Montreal Alouettes 56
W4 BC Lions 34*
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27
E1 Montreal Alouettes 28
W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
W2 Calgary Stampeders 17
West
W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
W3 Edmonton Eskimos 21
W2 Calgary Stampeders 24

*-Team won in Overtime.


East Semi-Final

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Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Total
BC Lions 3 13 7 4 7 34
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 3 10 11 0 27

East Final

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Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 3 8 7 0 18
Montreal Alouettes 17 14 14 11 56

References

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  1. ^ Beamish, Mike (2009-05-02). "B.C. Lions pick running back Jamall Lee in first round of CFL draft". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  2. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "Rushing 2009 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ "Receiving 2009 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2017-08-23.